Rasha Adly

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The Girl with Braided HairPaperback, 17 November 2020

The Girl with Braided Hair
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Part of Series
Hoopoe Fiction
Print Length
332 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Hoopoe
Date Published
17 Nov 2020
ISBN-10
9774169875
ISBN-13
9789774169878

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WINNER OF THE SAIF GHOBASH BANIPAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC LITERARY TRANSLATION

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION

The lives of two women living centuries apart are connected by an enigmatic painting in this mesmerizing debut based on historical events

Art historian, Yasmine, is restoring an unsigned portrait of a strikingly beautiful girl from the Napoleonic Era, when she discovers that the artist has embedded a lock of hair into the painting, something highly unusual. The mysterious painting came into the museum's possession without record, and Yasmine becomes consumed by the secret concealed within this captivating work.

Meanwhile, at the close of the French Campaign in Egypt, sixteen-year-old Zeinab, the daughter of a prominent sheikh, is drawn into French high society when Napoleon himself requests her presence. Enamored by the foreign customs of the Europeans, she finds herself on a dangerous path, one that may ostracize her from her family and culture.

Seamlessly merging fiction with history, art, and politics, modern day Cairo with its opulent past, this compelling story of two women caught between worlds and entangled in matters of the heart launches an entrancing new literary voice.

Product Details

Author:
Rasha Adly
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
17 November 2020
Dimensions:
20.32 x 12.95 x 2.79 cm
ISBN-10:
9774169875
ISBN-13:
9789774169878
Language:
English
Pages:
332
Publisher:
Weight:
317.51 gm

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